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Stephen Colbert turned Trump speaking to a group of Christians into a sir story involving crosses and demons. Colbert said, “Trump also spoke to a Christian radio group and pledged to protect whatever he thinks Christianity is.” Trump said, “It’s very dangerous out there. They’re doing bad things. They want to tear down crosses where

The DOJ alleges that a high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, was the central figure in a plot to funnel American weapons to ethnic militias in Myanmar in exchange for heroin and meth. Ebisawa is charged with narcotics importation, money laundering and conspiracy to acquire surface to air missiles. NBC News Federal prosecutors in

The Senate will likely not waste time and bypass an impeachment trial for DHS Secretary Mayorkas. Punchbowl News reported: When the Mayorkas impeachment articles are presented, the Senate will convene the following day as a court of impeachment and senators will be sworn in as jurors. At that point, Democrats can offer a motion to

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. A magnificent boost The stock market is welcoming a jolt from Nvidia on Thursday morning. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are primed to pop after the company reported another strong quarter, sending its shares more than 10% higher in

Democrats are not just sitting by as Republicans try to gaslight Americans about the inevitable consequences of their anti-abortion laws. It wasn’t just Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) who took down the Republican attempts to backtrack on their attacks on IVF and reproductive rights. Senator Tammy Duckworth tied Republican attacks on IVF to their anti-abortion rhetoric

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Rocketing to records 2. To the moon As the new space race rolls on, Thursday brought another historic moment to the final frontier. Intuitive Machines became the first company to land on the moon when its IM-1 mission touched

Donald Trump has been a keynote speaker at CPAC since 2017, and increasingly since then it has modeled itself in his image. That transformation seems almost complete as during 2024 CPAC, Nazis were welcomed. “Nazis appeared to find a friendly reception at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year. Throughout the conference, racist extremists, some

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry, after their meeting in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023. Blinken arrived in a show of solidarity after Hamas’s surprise weekend onslaught in Israel, an AFP correspondent travelling

The myth of Trump’s strength as a candidate is taking another hit in South Carolina, as Nikki Haley’s continued presence is showing Trump’s weakness. Haley gave her rationale for staying in the race:This has never been about me or my political future. We need to beat Joe Biden in November. I don’t believe Donald Trump

A Ukrainian soldier in a shelter at his fighting position in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 20 February 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images When Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, the stout resistance mounted by the country’s armed forces and overwhelming Western support for Kyiv — along with some obvious military

Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special House election to replace George Santos, but House Republicans have refused to seat him quickly. The House Was In Session But Didn’t Seat Ton Suozzi Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said on MSNBC, “Two weeks ago when Tom Suozzi wins in a blowout election on Long Island and asks to

Iran presents its first hypersonic ballistic missile ‘Fattah’ (Conqueror) in an event attended by President Ebrahim Raisi and other government officials in Tehran, Iran on June 06, 2023. Sepah News | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Iran has sent hundreds of its powerful ballistic missiles to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, furthering

Another campaign stop means more cognitive red flags for Donald Trump as the former president confused the words later and lady and slurred his speech in South Carolina. Video of Trump confusing the words later and lady: Trump, slurring and glitching: Three years lady, lady, lady. How about that. He goes. She goes pic.twitter.com/m2TH5jRuej —

WASHINGTON — Just one week after Russia launched its full-scale assault on Ukraine in 2022, Apple announced it was stopping exports of its products into the country. “We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with all of the people who are suffering as a result of the violence,” the company said

The House Republican push to impeach President Biden appears dead, as at least 30 Republicans oppose impeaching the President. Politico reported the comments of Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE): “I happen to know there are like 20 Republicans who are not in favor of a Biden impeachment. Mainly because it smells bad what he did, it

Republicans have a crisis in their swing state parties that are in disarray and critical to the 2024 election. The New York Times reported:State Republican parties in roughly half of the most important battleground states are awash in various degrees of dysfunction, debt and disarray. …With former President Donald J. Trump tightening his grip on

US President Biden arrives to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on December 20, 2023, as he departs for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Joe Biden‘s $140 million campaign war chest has been bolstered by a group of loyal advisers and fundraisers that some party strategists

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) has erased the supposed evidence of Biden bribery from the impeachment investigation website. Biden Bribery Evidence Scrubbed From House Republican Impeachment Website White House spokesperson Ian Sams posted before and after screenshots of the impeachment website: Lol, look what “key evidence” just magically disappeared all the sudden from

Philip Esformes attends the 15th annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on August 7, 2015 in Century City, California. Tiffany Rose | Getty Images Philip Esformes on Thursday pleaded guilty to health care fraud, resolving the Justice Department’s years-long effort to prosecute the convicted fraudster after then-President Donald

President Biden responded to Trump’s claim that his $355 million fraud fine is a form of “Navalny” by suggesting that the former president is crazy and should be committed. Laura Ingraham asked Donald Trump how he was going to pay for the New York fraud fine, which is roughly $450 million, and Trump answered, “It’s